Mrs. Lucero / Mr.

Romero Name ____________________ Period ___

Honors Algebra 2/Trig. Signature ___________ Date __________
Golden Valley High School Chapter 11 Review: Seq., Series, Prob.

1. Complete each statement.

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(a) 80 is the ______term of -7, -4, -1, 2, …. (b) 19 is the _______term of , , , ,....
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2. Find the first three terms of the arithmetic sequence.

(a) a2 = 93, a6 = 65 (b) a7 = 8, a13 = 6

3. Find the sum.

(a) 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + … + 335 (b) 16 + 10 + 4 + -2 + … + -128

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(c)  2n  3
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(d) 1  2n
n 3

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(e) 1 + -3 + 9 + ...+ 6561 (f) 49 + 7 + 1 + +…+
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4. Write in Sigma notation.

(a) 6 + 12 + 18 + 24 (b) 5 + 9 + 13 + 17 + 21

(c) 3 + 6 + 12 + 24 (d)125 + 25 + 5

5. Find the nth term and the indicated term for each geometric sequence.
(a) 1000, 500, 250, … n = 10 (b) a1 = 9, a3 = 4 n=4 (c)a1 = 2, a3 = 12 n=7

6. A pile of steel has 2 pipes in its top layer, 3 pipes in its next layer, 4 pipes in its next layer, and so on. How
many pipes are in the pile if it contains 19 layers?
7. After release at ground level, a balloon rises 100 feet in 30 seconds. During each succeeding 30 seconds, it
rises 9/10 as far as it did in the preceding 30 seconds. What is its maximum altitude above ground level?

8. Find the number of combinations (show your work).

(a) 9 C2 (B) 7 C1 (C) 13 C5

9. Use the binomial theorem to find the 3rd and the 4th term for each binomial.
a.(x + 4)3 b. (x – 10)5 c. (x – 3y)7 d. (2x + y2)4